[Tutor] Invoking Python

kinuthiA muchanE muchanek at gmail.com
Thu Jun 26 17:46:07 CEST 2008


On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 09:57 -0400, bhaaluu wrote:
> You can create a Python script on a *nix system and run it with:
> 
> $ python threeplusfour.py
> 
> You can place a shebang line as the first line of the script, which points
> to the python interpreter:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python
> print("Hello, world!\n")
> 
> Save the file, then make it an executable with:
> 
> $ chmod u+x threeplusfour.py
> 
> Then execute it with:
> 
> $ ./threeplusfour.py
> 
> Why the dot-slash? Here is a good explanation:
> http://www.linfo.org/dot_slash.html
> 
> You can also create a Python script and place it in a directory that is
> included in your PATH (echo $PATH). Once the executable script is in
> a directory in your PATH, you can execute it with:
> 
> $ threeplusfour.py

bhaluu, I was not having a problem with any of that, it was Danny
Laya! :-)
> 
> Happy Programming!



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